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Piracy

piracy n

pl:-cies1:
an act of robbery esp. on the high seas ;specif:
an illegal act of violence, detention, or plunder committed for private ends by crew or passengers of a private ship or aircraft against another ship or aircraft on the high seas or in a place outside the jurisdiction of any state see also aircraft piracyArticle I
of the Constitution
in the back matter 2 a:
the unauthorized copying, distribution, or use of another's production (as a film) esp. in infringement of a copyright [software ] b:
the unauthorized use, interception, or receipt of encoded communications (as satellite cable programming) esp. to avoid paying fees for use [the statute's purpose is to proscribe the of programming signals "United States v. Harrell
, 983 F.2d 36 (1993)"] 3:
the crime of committing piracy